Build a latrine like the “survivors” in your back yard and “vote off ” anyone who doesn’t use it. Seriously if you have two or more bathrooms designate one as a main bathroom, which will leave one of them near perfect and easier to tidy quickly when the “In laws” arrive un-expectedly.

Convince th…

Many of us have been there — we’re trying to go to sleep or watch a film in silence only to have that slumber interrupted by an incredibly annoying ‘drip…drip…drip’ coming from one of the faucets in the house. Now, sometimes turning that water-flow knob (very tough, I might add) takes care of t…

No contemporary bathroom is truly total without a bathroom rug of some kind. These rugs are available in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and styles - there’s something for everybodys taste out there. From your contemporary round bathroom rug to big shaggy bathroom rugs you’re spoiled for choic…

Bathtubs can be great - regular tubs let you soak your worries away, while whirlpool tubs take a more active approach to relieving you of your tensions. Beyond these standard types of tubs, there are other styles, “unusual” styles, at least to us, that you might not be aware of, but that may be …

If you are thinking of remodeling your bathroom and redoing or adding showers to them, consider all of your choices. The age we live in has allowed us many choices in what we want in our homes. We can choose from high end, high quality items to comfortable old favorites. When looking to redo or …

Tiles can increase the value of any home. Ceramic tiles, mosaic tile, floor tile all add an extra quality to your home. Tile can be found throughout a home from the kitchen, bathrooms, and even the flooring. Tiles are widely available in most home improvement stores and also in specialty store…

(Step 1) Remove the toilet. To do this: shut off the water supply, flush the toilet, siphon any excess water into the tub or a pail, disconnect the water supply, remove the bolts connecting the tank to the bowl, remove the tank, loosen the nuts at the base and remove the bowl.
(Step 2)…

You’ve already cleaned up the area and gotten it all prepped and assembled your toilet. You want to take the toilet bolts and slide them into the hole right here and put them on the side to where they’re just about lined up with each other. Right there. It doesn’t matter, they’ll turn, but they will…

Although the stoppers in sinks and baths look similar from the outside, the mechanisms hidden within the drains are somewhat different.

You raise and lower sink pop-ups with a knob usually located near a faucet handle.

The knob is actually the head of a lift rod fastened to a clevis, a connect…

The drains in our sinks and tubs leads to a largely concealed system of pipes, traps, and cleanouts. Most drains will lead to a trap that keeps waste from washing back up the pipes. These pipes lead, in turn, to branch drains, which connect to the main drain into a sewer or septic system.

If you’…